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प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः। यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।

yadā bhūta-pṛthag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśyati tata eva ca vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā

yadā (when) bhūta (living beings) pṛthak-bhāvam (different identities) eka-stham (situated in one) anupaśyati (one tries to see) tataḥ (thereafter) eva (certainly) ca (and) vistāram (expansion) brahma (the Absolute) sampadyate (he attains) tadā (at that time).

One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and that he himself does nothing, actually sees.

Kṛṣṇa describes the moment of Brahman-realization. He says that when a person ceases to see different identities based on material bodies and instead sees how all beings are expanded from and situated in the One Supreme, they attain the spiritual conception of reality. They move from the vision of ‘Variety’ to the vision of ‘Unity’. This is like seeing that all the different ornaments (rings, necklaces, bangles) are actually just gold. On the surface, they look different, but the substance is one. Similarly, a dog, a cat, and a human look different, but they are all expansions of the same Divine energy. The wise person focuses on the ‘Expansion’ (Vistāram) from the Source rather than the surface labels. It teaches us to look for the common thread in life. When we realize that everyone and everything is connected to the same Kṛṣṇa, our prejudices and fears disappear. We start to feel at home in the universe because we see the same ‘family’ everywhere. This unified vision is the doorway to the eternal, spiritual sky.